DIY Milling Machine Part 5: X and Y Axis
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- čas přidán 29. 05. 2021
- Today i show you the assembling of the X and Y axis. With those parts finished all important parts that influence the accuracy are pretty much done.
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Music:
Wintergatan - Valentine
Wintergatan - Paradis - Věda a technologie
I have to say that in all of my +30 years of being involved with CNC Machines, from an installation, servicing, and manufacturing perspective, I have never come across anyone, with the expertise, quality control, and extreme attention to all aspects of the design, and manufacturing process ! Very Impressive ! I'm now anxiously awaiting all of your future videos, on your CNC Controller of choice, to run this amazing Milling Machine build, the electrical wiring of X, Y, & Z Axes AC Servo Motors & Drives, Z-Axis Brake, etc.., and the details on the plumbing of your pneumatic cylinder counterbalancing mechanism ! And eventually, to finally see this entire Milling Machine build completed, and fully operational ! Keep up the great work, as you are truly an inspiration to the CNC Community & Manufacturing Industry !
Thanks a lot :)
Really great job being patient and taking care of the details. This will be a great mill when you are finished.
I'm blown away by the quality and precision you have achieved. Had no idea it was possible to get results like that DIY.
Great vid! Wish there was a double-like button for playing Wintergatan!
I saw the german version before, now I watched the english version, too. I have to say: Well done, I love that you use Wintergatan music in the background. Somebody should tell those guys that youtube is paying exorbitant money to have tracks released in their open music library.
Love that guy's music, and the MMX project is astounding.
Now that's a proper hardcore straightedge! Keep up the great work!
Love that old drill press/mill looking machine.
I look forward to seeing this machine in action - very nice work. Also looking forward to the next video, great stuff.
Great work, your patience and precision are paying off. Can't wait to see it cut!
This has the possibilities to be a very accurate machine. I hope you are using appropriately powerful motors on the X,Y and Z axis so you can use this as a real VMC ! I am learning a lot. And seriously thinking about making something similar. Thanks for taking the time to make a great video.
Mark
Outstanding, looking fantastic, congratulations.
Yes great job, nice trick with the wire too. I appreciate your attention to detail. I do think you will wish for more Y and Z travel later on, but yeah, one has to draw the line somewhere. Looking forward to see it further and eventually some test cuts.
Great job, Alex.
Thank you.
Good progress well done !
Hello Alex, very good ideea with the small rod and the countersunk screw I take it from you thank you 😉👍👍 nice video also
Nice idea with the round rod. I will use it
Que bien que está quedando.
excelente montaje!!
Sure thumbs up 👍
Awesome stuff Alex! Lol you have a lot of skill. It makes my current build look like a caveman is making it compared your machine. Can't wait to have a CNC milling machine of my own though.
Looking good man,,;-)
This is probably one of the most thorough mill build videos on youtube that i have come across. I hope you have plans for this uploaded somewhere and able to share them. I would love to copy this build if I can afford those huge rails. Are those HIWIN or that really good industrial brand thats even more expensive than HIWIN? I forgot the name. What size are those rails and the carriage anyway?
I was crawling thru the comments: How am I the only one who accompishes, what the thing Alex is building is going to become? This, in exactly this size is every metal workers dream cnc. have a look how little it shakes, if he bumps the axis. This is almost certainly 10k for every hobbyist. And if you want a machine capable like this: 30k upfront, downpayment of 25k over the next 5 years.
Nise work
bravooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I did not see in the video, how do you make sure X&Y are perpendicular to each other? I see where you aligned both axis rails to one and other, but do not see how you align X to Y?
Great idea on the tapered screws for adjusting rail alignment
did i miss it? how did you square y and x?
I was thinking the same
This.
I can still reach all the screws that connects the plate with the Y carriers. Then I can rotate the whole plate to align both axis.
Hello Alex. What a great job you are doing there.
I'm following your channel for a while now. Thank you very much for the excellent content...
I'm just curious how you going to make the Ball nut to float, once you put bearings in both sides of the ball screw.
Did you consider in use only one side bearing (motor side) and make the other side floating? So then you can make rigid connection with the ball nut flange.
Sorry if I'm missing something here. My intention is not to question your knowledge. It other way around, I just want to learn new things in your channel 👍
Looking forward for the rest of the series.
Greetings from Brazil.
I believe the other side is a floating bearing. It is just a deep groove ball bearing that is in a slip fit boar allowing it to expand a little bit when it gets hotter without over constraining the screw and causing bowing.
@@nicholasjacob3594 Thanks for the explanation. 👍😀
It's exactly like Nicholas has explained it 👍
Really enjoyed this video. The mill is going to be a very rigid & precise machine. Interested to know which method you used to square the X and Y?
Keen to see how you shield the rails and screws, the spindle, your enclosure solution and your choice of electronics and software!
Cheers, Reuben
I can still reach all the screws that connects the plate with the Y carriers. Then I can rotate the whole plate to align both axis.
@@AlexCNCen Perfect. Cheers mate!
So you went with grinding on x axis instead of scraping...Wouldnt it be easier for you that you grinded y and z too?
Tell me what is the mm stroke on X Y Z?
It's about 450x300x390 mm in X Y Z.
8:20 What straight edge is that?
It's a granite straight edge from Planolith.
@@AlexCNCen Thx!
Part on grinder looks shorter than your plate, this is a table?
It's actually not the X-Y plate on the surfacegrinder. That will be part of the table. Have forgotten to film the other plate. But basically it looked the same ;)
Longer videos please. Suspense is no fun!
I won't leave out content. Just more frequently with a length between 10 and 20 minutes. That's the plan at least ;)
@@AlexCNCen I've talked with numerous successful CZcamsrs over the years at conferences and fairs. They all tell me that most users want to see "build videos", content with lots building footage with explanations. If you aim for a 10 or 20 minute video, you'll find your audience won't subscribe. The type of person interested in this content is watching it to learn and become inspired. The shorter style videos only work well when dealing with topics aimed at a larger general audience. Stefan's videos are usually 30 minutes to 1 hour of video and he's very successful with a ton of subscribers.
If you feel having dual languages are too time consuming to put out longer content, then you might want to either go with a narration style where you voice over the build process, or drop one of your other languages. The narration style of videos is easier to translate because it uses the same footage with voice overs recorded in different languages without extra footage and a full reedit. Choosing a single language is a lot easier to produce content, but which language you choose is critical. If choose German, you will lose major viewership, but if you choose English, you have a huge worldwide audience since it's the Lingua Franca. Ge
@@bobweiram6321 the point is, that I won't have a lot of time for the CZcams channel in general. It is still "just" a fun project for me. So producing a 10-20 minutes video is a lot easier. It takes about 3-4 hours for me to edit.
In my experience it is better to have regularly shorter videos instead of longer videos with big gaps in between them. But in the end I'm not really interested in the maximum growth of my channel. It is fun to make those videos and nice to read the comments. And that is the main reason for me to do that :)